Oh, well! It was worth a try. So here is what has been going on… what I can remember anyway!
Noah was having a little trouble at school. He was coming home with” letters” everyday. I have discovered a whole new world of parenting the last few weeks. Let me tell you, this is the hardest part of parenting so far! I don’t want to screw -up my child for life!!! It is hard to know how to parent when every child is different! Noah is ALL boy, and since I have never been a boy, I don’t exactly know how to handle it. I was always a people pleaser/ teachers pet/ brow noser… whatever you want to call it. Plus, Josh is the disciplinary in our family. I sometimes think Josh is too hard on Noah, so I tend to baby him. But I know that he needs structure, and Josh gives him structure! I guess I should make myself a little more clear, Noah has not been “bad” at school, but he has had to have alot of reminders. Sometimes, I wonder where is brain is. Josh nicknamed him “bird brain”… he just thinks it is funny. His teacher at school suggested that we talk about his feelings more. She said he is at the age where he is discovering new feelings and doesn’t know how to express them very well. We have been working on that at home and GOOD NEWS it has been working… he has gone 7 days at school without any “letters.” I have been noticing how smart he is getting. He picks up on spelling words alot more… movie, dad, mom, baba, nana, ice cream, … the words we spell alot so he won’t know who or what we are talking about…. our days are numbered! He has so much energy!!! He would watch TV all day if I would let him. He drinks milk at every meal. And he is the BEST big brother his sisters could ask for! He loves to hold Emmy, and play with Kaylee. He really is good with them! He gets a little impatient with Kaylee every once in a while… but that just keeping things real!
Kaylee Jane is at the cutest stage ever! … but the terrible twos are sneaking up on us quickly! Funny Kaylee stories… the day after we brought Emmy home from the hospital, we were letting Kaylee hold her . Emmalyn was stretching her arm and it touched Kay’s face.. Kaylee then pointed at her, and with her most serious face said… No Hit Baby! Since then every time Emmy touches her or kicks her she says “no hi”t or “no kick Elala.” She went from calling Emmalyn, “baby”, to Elala, to MMM, and now she calls her “sissy,” Emmy”, or E-la-lyn. She loves her baby sissy and her big brother. Another funny one… Josh was playing with the 2 bigs in the kitchen. He was hitting himself on the head with an empty plastic apple juice bottle (“happy shoe”) and falling down. The kids thought it was hilarious (and it was). The next day Kaylee found the bottle and said to Noah “r ready” and she hit him on the head with it. We all laughed, so she did it again, and again, each time asking Noah “r ready?” He is such a great brother to let her do that to him! She loves playing with her babies. She has such a motherly instinct already… it really is amazing the way God created each boy and girl. Kaylee is generally a wonderfully happy, patient, loving child…. until nap time or eat time!!! Her vocabulary is amazing! (not just because I’m her mom.. i think) I love it when she says “hol chew”.. hold you. It makes my heart happy and I just have to hold her! The most difficult time of the day (approcing) is when Kaylee gets up from her nap grupy and wants me to just hold her for a while, and Emmy is wanting to eat or is just fussy. Sometimes I feel like my hair might be gray by the time Josh gets home… but it never is. Josh rescues me from screaming baby world, and all is back to happiness and joy!
Emmalyn is my gift that I didn’t know I wanted! We went to the doctor last week.. she weighed in at 12 pounds… 75% for her weight and height. Duing the day she eats every 3 hours (she wants to eat every 2 but I’m streaching her to 3). She is my best sleeper! Sometimes she sleeps a full 8 hours at night (rarely). Usually, she sleeps 5 hours eats, goes right back to sleep and then sleeps another 3. AMAZING!!! My other 2 only slept about 2-3 hours until they were almost 1! Emmalyn does hate her car seat though…. bummer because I really wanted to take an 8 hour trip to go see my favorite cousins, aunt and uncle! I don’t think my hair, body, or mind can take that much screaming.It also makes shopping VERY difficult! Emmy is 9 weeks old… really? Already… Nine weeks… where has the time gone!!!! I can’t imagine life without her. I am cherishing her.. my last baby. Sad day packing away the newborn size clothes!
My friend remind me that right now I am in the thick of it and it will get easier… and harder … just in a different way. I can see that. I have not been wishing away time. I am so grateful for all that God has blessed me with. Why me? Why did God choose to bless me so much with an amazing husband, and family. It brings me to tears that I have a God who knows me and cares for my needs and desires only the way He can. I deserve NOTHING, but he has given me everything. I don’t just mean earthly things, which I do have… He has blessed me far beyond this world. Thank you God. Every good and perfect gift is from above!
… it’s that time of day… no time to proof read. So, BYE!